REVIEWER	CHAPTER
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		The Night Sky 
PE$!		Magnitudes & Distances, Measures & Methods 
BB$, KL$!	Telescopes 
BB$		History 
PE$!		General Motion/Forces 
PE$!, LLR-W$!	Scales of Size, Distance, Mass, Power 
KW$!, BB$	The Elements 
BB$, AN-C$	Radiation, The Electromagnetic Spectrum 
BB$!		The Earth & Moon 
BB$		Planets
BB$		Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets 
BB$, KL$!	The Sun 
PE$!		Basic Stellar Properties 
AN-C$!		Star Formation 
PE$!		Energy Generation in Stars & Stellar Evolution 
PE$!		Binary Star Systems 
PE$!		Stellar Populations and Kinematics in the Galaxy 
LJ		Our Galaxy: Structure, Formation & Evolution 
LLR-W$!		Normal Galaxies 
KW$!, LJ	Active Galaxies and Quasars 
LLR-W$!, KW$!	Cosmology, Dark Matter, Lensing 
		Origin and Evolution of Life Here and Elsewhere 

$= received comments
!= included comments onto WWW pages

OTHERS WHO VOLUNTEERED BUT HAVEN'T CHOSEN CHAPTERS:
 FH   ??
 CK   ??

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For each question:

Are there any problems with 
	- spelling, typos, grammar?
	- formulation and clarity of the question?
	- formulation and clarity of the responses?
	- accuracy of the chosen answer?
Could the question
	- better address a useful concept or misconception?
	- use less technical jargon?
Do the answers include
	- an incorrect or insufficient response?
	- throwaway choices?
	- interesting alternatives that probe understanding?

Please send ASCII if possible, and highlight changes 
somehow (e.g., **).

If the answer to all these is NO, then there's no need to write anything!!

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  As you may know, I'm writing a book for Prentice-Hall, due in January,
called Peer Instruction for Astronomy.  The book will be distributed FREE 
to most intro college astro instructors across the country.  Judging by 
the interest shown so far, and by the Physics community's reaction to 
Peer Instruction for physics (Eric Mazur), this is truly a community 
project that will have high visibility and usage. 

  I'm looking for a colleague or two willing to review/critique some
of the ConcepTest questions that will be included in the book.  See
	http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~pgreen/educ/ConcepTests.html
I suspect that a significant contribution would only take you 2-3 hours.  
I'd need your comments by the 1st week of January for sure.
You would be prominently acknowledged. 

  ConcepTests are multiple choice questions which the students pose to 
each other in small groups, during class. This technique is remarkably 
effective at engaging students' interest and clarifying misconceptions, 
if the tests are geared as much as possible to the class level. At the 
same time, ConcepTests are also useful for the instructor to gauge class
understanding in realtime. 

  Chapters are linked to
	http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~pgreen/educ/concep/Contents.html

Some of these have just a dozen questions in them, others up to 40.
Some of the questions are close to standard multiple choice types,
others are more like conceptual puzzlers.  THe latter are more
valuable!  Beyond your comments, suggestions for other ConcepTests 
are also invited.  

Eventually, the WWW-based tests should include Figures, animations, 
PDF versions for overhead display, and Java-based provisions for 
quick class tallies, instructor feedback, and statistics
on ConcepTest usage and responses.

Let me know if you can help, and if you need the password to that last
link (for instructors only).  Hey, I'm doing this practically for free...
why not you?

thanks
Paul


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